The Department of Anesthesiology is committed to providing the highest quality education to first professional, dental hygiene, and graduate students needed to manage the pain, fear and anxiety associated with dental treatment; to providing a broad array of anesthesia services for patiens with special needs; and to creating new knowledge for maximizing effective and safe anesthetic care.  The clinical anesthesia educational programs apply the fundamental knowledge acquired from basic science instruction to patient anesthesia treatment needs.  Included is instruction to pre-operative evaluation; the pharmacology of analgesics, sedatives and analgesics; clinical therapeutics and administration procedures, and the management of medical emergencies.

A three-year anesthesiology program is offered to qualified graduates.  The major goal of the school and hospital anesthesia residency is to train dentist anesthesiologists in all areas of pain and anxiety control techniques used in dentistry.

Our faculty is trained to provide the entire spectrum of anesthetic services ranging from local anesthesia through general anesthesia for a wide range of dental and surgical procedures to ensure patients will always have an enjoyable experience.

Chair
Dr. Paul Moore
University of Pittsburgh
School of Dental Medicine
G89 Salk Hall
3501 Terrace Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: (412) 648-8676

Fax: (412) 648-2591
Email: pam7@dental.pitt.edu